Switch layout

New in version 3.6.

1. Visit mail settings

2. Choose between List, Vertical split and Horizontal split

Add a new mail account

1. Enable mail app from the apps

2. Click the mail icon on the header

3. Fill up the login form (auto or manual)

Change sort order

New in version 3.5.

1. Visit mail settings

2. Go to Sorting

3. You can choose Oldest or Newest mail first

Scheduled messages

1. Click new message button on top left of your screen

2. Click the (…) action menu on the modal composer

3. Click send later

Priority inbox

Priority inbox has 2 sections Important and Others. Messages will automatically be marked as important based on which messages you interacted with or marked as important. In the beginning, you might have to manually change the importance to teach the system, but it will improve over time.

All inboxes

All messages from all the accounts you have logged in will be shown here chronologically.

Account settings

Your account settings such as:

1. Aliases

2. Signature

3. Default Folders

4. Autoresponder

5. Trusted senders

6. ..and more

Can be found in the action menu of a mail account. There you can edit, add, or remove settings depending on your needs.

Move messages to the Junk folder

New in version 3.4.

Mail can move a message to a different folder when it is marked as junk.

1. Visit Account settings

2. Go to Default folders

3. Check that a folder is selected for the junk messages

4. Go to Junk settings

5. Click Move messages to Junk folder

   

Enable mail body search

New in version 3.5.

Mail bodies can now be searched, this feature is opt-in because of potential performance issues.

To enable it:

1. Visit Account settings

2. Go to Mailbox search

3. Enable mail body search

By enabling it the main search box will now search in both subjects and mail bodies, and a separate Body option will appear in advanced search.

Account delegation

The app allows account delegation so that one user can send emails from the address of another.

1. The delegation has to be configured on the mail server by an admin

2. Add the other email address as an alias for your own email account

3. When sending an email, select the alias as the sender

Automatic trash deletion

The Mail app can automatically delete messages in the trash folder after a certain number of days.

1. Visit Account settings

2. Go to Automatic trash deletion

3. Enter the number of days after which messages should be deleted

Disable trash retention by leaving the field empty or setting it to 0.

Minimize the composer modal

New in version 3.2.

The composer modal can be minimized while writing a new message, editing an existing draft or editing a message from the outbox. Simply click the minimize button on the top right of the modal or click anywhere outside the modal.

You can resume your minimized message by clicking anywhere on the indicator on the bottom right of your screen.

Press the close button on the modal or the indicator in the bottom right corner to stop editing a message. A draft will be saved automatically into your draft mailbox.

Add a mailbox

1. Open the action menu of an account

2. Click add mailbox

Add a sub mailbox

1. Open the action menu of a mailbox

2. Click add sub mailbox

Shared mailbox

If a mailbox was shared with you with some specific rights, that mailbox will show as a new mailbox with a shared icon as below:

Create an event

Create an event for a certain message/thread directly via the mail app

1. Open the action menu of an envelope

2. Click more actions

3. Click Create event

Create a task

Create a task for a certain message/thread directly via the mail app

1. Open the action menu of an envelope

2. Click more actions

3. Click Create task

Edit tags

1. Open the action menu of an envelope

2. Click Edit tags

3. On the tags modal, set/unset tags

Unsubscribe from a mailing list

Some mailing lists and newsletters allow to be unsubscribed easily. If the Mail app detects messages from such a sender, it will show an Unsubscribe button next to the sender information. Click and confirm to unsubscribe from the list.

Snooze

Snoozing a message or thread moves it into a dedicated mailbox until the selected snooze date is reached and the message or thread is moved back to the original mailbox.

1. Open action menu of an envelope or thread

2. Click Snooze

3. Select how long the message or thread should be snoozed

Smart replies

When you open a message in the Mail app, it proposes AI-generated replies. By simply clicking on a suggested reply, the composer opens with the response pre-filled.

Autoresponders

The autoresponder is off by default. It can be set manually, or follow the system settings. Following system settings means that the long absence message entered on the Absence settings section is applied automatically.